Renewable Energy

Answer:
To meet future demand and ensure energy security we will need to double the amount of currently-installed renewable generation.  It will also need a lot of energy storage. We have much more marine energy to generate hydrogen than we need for domestic and heavy goods transport. These resources are potentially an amazing export opportunity.

Full answer here: Energy resources of Scotland



A Fair Energy Deal for Scottish Communities

Author / Creator: Community Land Scotland

Media type: Report

Date published: 2024

Against a backdrop of challenges and opportunities in transitioning to a net zero society, a coalition of community sector organisations – including Community Land Scotland, Community Energy Scotland, Development Trusts Association Scotland, Scottish Communities Finance and Scottish Community Alliance – have come together to issue the following calls for action on behalf of communities across Scotland. Contained in this document are Our Seven Calls to Action to government, industry, and communities to create a Fair Energy Deal for Scottish Communities


Record renewable energy output

Author / Creator: Scottish Government

Media type: Article

Date published:

Green sector delivered more electricity than Scotland used for first time.


Why are Scots paying more for energy to power their homes?

Author / Creator: Sam Page

Media type: Article

Date published: 2024

Scotland hosts thousands of wind turbines, both on and off-shore, yet our energy bills remain unsustainably high


Why are Scots paying more for energy to power their homes?

Author / Creator: Sam Page

Date published: 2024

Scotland hosts thousands of wind turbines, both on and off-shore, yet our energy bills remain unsustainably high


North Sea 2. The future of Energy from the North Sea

Author / Creator: Nick Butler

Media type: Report

Date published: 2023

The low carbon development of the North Sea is not a new idea.


Get the future of energy right

Author / Creator: Common Weal

Media type: Video

Date published: 2023

Energy – electricity, heating and transport fuel – is crucial for the modern Scotland we live in


Why Scotland urgently needs a hydrogen pipeline to Europe

Author / Creator: Believe in Scotland

Media type: Opinion

Date published: 2023

Hydrogen from renewable energy could be piped to Germany.


Rewiring Britain: How Scotland can Build the New National Grid

Author / Creator: Eddie Barnes

Media type: Report

Date published: 2023

The National Grid needs changing.


DRAFT ENERGY STRATEGY AND JUST TRANSITION PLAN CONSULTATION

Author / Creator: Craig Dalzell

Media type: consultation response

Date published: 2023

It is disappointing  that the current draft energy strategy does little to to get Scotland on track towards its climate targets.


Re-Booting The National Energy Company for Scotland With Geothermal Energy

Author / Creator: Douglas Chapman

Media type: Policy Paper

Date published: 2023

Scotland more than ever needs accelerated action on the energy and the climate crisis, and yet geothermal energy, a significant and proven source of renewable energy, remains untapped 


Carbon-free, Poverty-free

Author / Creator: Keith Baker Dr Ron Mould Dr Craig Dalzell Jonathon Shafi

Media type: Report

Date published: 2019

Fuel poverty is not only worse in rural Scotland than in urban Scotland, it also has different characteristics


Scotland’s energy future – Damaged by five UK government failures

Author / Creator: Business for Scotland

Media type: Article

Date published: 2023

"Is the UK government preventing Scotland from reaching its renewables potential? The answer is yes!"


It's all about renewables

Author / Creator: Bill Magee

Media type: Article

Date published: 2023

"Central to how we're perceived overseas is...all all about renewables"


Scotland's energy options. SCOTONOMICS EP 67:

Author / Creator: Chris Cook

Media type: Video

Date published: 2023

Energy: It is too expensive, too much of the profit disappears from the local community and of course, too much of it is currently generated from fossil fuels. 


International Scotland

Author / Creator: Adam McGeoch

Media type: Report

Date published: 2022

Scotland on the international stage relating to 

■ Business, Trade, and Tourism in Scotland

■  Invest in Scotland

■ Scotland’s Transition to Net-zero


ScotWind: Privatising Scotland’s Future Again

Author / Creator: Craig Dalzell

Media type: Report

Date published: 2022

"Instead of mass-privatisation along the same lines as was done during the development of Scotland’s oil, Common Weal offers a nationalisation plan that could have been deployed using policies currently endorsed by the parties of the Scottish Government."


Scotland’s energy future – Damaged by five UK government failures

Author / Creator: Business for Scotland

Media type: Article

Date published: 2023

The UK government is preventing Scotland from reaching its full potential


Review Of Electricity Market Arrangements

Author / Creator: Energy; Working Group

Media type: consultation response

Date published: 2022

Present Market Arrangements for electricity are unsuited to a rapid and cost effective transition to a Net Zero energy system.


Heat networks - thermal energy target 2035: consultation

Author / Creator: Scottish Government

Media type: Consultation paper

Date published: 2022

Consultation on heat network targets for 2035